Man charged with running Kosciusko roadblock and killing teen girl

11:57 AM,
Oct. 28, 2013

Jackson

Written by

Ruth Ingram

A Sallis man is being held at the Attala County Jail on multiple charges after he allegedly ran a routine Kosciusko Police Department roadblock Saturday afternoon and struck a car, leaving one of its occupants dead at the scene.

Nickholas Gerard Jackson, 31, drove away from police at the junction of Mississippi 12 and Mississippi 35-19, said Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper First Class Tony Dunn. He then struck a car driven by Chassie Holifield, 33.

Holifield, 16-year-old Erica Holifield and an unidentified 10-year-old boy were ejected from their vehicle, and Erica Holifield died from ...